Re: Identification of DAS (Direct Attached Servers)

‎2017-01-3103:44 AM

Hey Sunil,

As a general rule, OCI doesn't support direct attached FC configurations.

Historically, OCI has relied upon FC switches to report port connectivity, and OCI's storage datasources are only required to report what ports exist, and not additionally report to what are they connected.

Part of the reason for this is that OCI needs to know both the WWPN and WWNN of what is connected, and it seems a fair number of storage arrays have trouble offering up the WWNN of what they are connected to.

What storage platform is in use in your direct attached FC configurations?